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Bill 69, Golden Girls Act, 2019

Park, Lindsey

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

Currently

the Planning Act provides that the authority to

pass by-laws under certain sections of the Act does not include the authority

to pass a by-law that has the effect of distinguishing between persons who are

related and persons who are unrelated in respect of the occupancy or use of a

building or structure or part thereof, including the occupancy or use as a

single housekeeping unit. The Bill amends the Act to provide that the rule

applies, for greater certainty, in respect of unrelated seniors.

Bill 69 2019

Act to amend the Planning Act

Preamble

All

levels of government should recognize that Ontario has an aging population and

should encourage innovative and affordable housing solutions for seniors. Local

municipalities should not deter seniors from choosing affordable housing

options and should recognize that unrelated seniors living together can reap

significant health, economic and social benefits. It is desireable to provide

clarity to municipalities that the Planning Act

should be interpreted in a way that encourages and permits home sharing by

unrelated seniors as a housing solution.

Therefore,

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of

the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

(1) Subsection 35 (2) of the Planning Act

is amended by adding “including, for greater certainty, unrelated seniors”

after “persons who are unrelated”.

(2) Section

35 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Definition

(4) In

this section,

“senior”

means an individual who is 55 or older.

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Golden Girls Act, 2019 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

February 28, 2019

Second Reading

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on General Government

February 28, 2019

Second Reading

Vote

Carried

February 28, 2019

Second Reading

Debated

February 19, 2019

First Reading

Vote

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

February 19, 2019

Committee

Second Reading

February 28, 2019

Ms. Lindsey Park, Ms. Suze Morrison, Mr. Mike Schreiner, Mr. Stephen Lecce, Ms. Teresa J. Armstrong, Ms. Effie J. Triantafilopoulos, Ms. Christine Hogarth.

February 28, 2019

Declared carried. Referred to the Standing Committee on General Government.

Committee

Standing Committee on General Government

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 69

Most Ontario public acts are available electronically; to view copies of the Acts to be amended by this bill visit e-laws

Planning Act

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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